Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. v. Baker

This is an appeal from a judgment. rendered in the district court of Oar-field county, quieting defendant in error’s title to 40 acres of a 145-acre tract. Hereafter the plaintiff in error will be referred to as defendant, and defendant in error as plaintiff, as they appeared in the trial court.

An unfortunate accident in earlier years had rendered this plaintiff largely incapable of handling ordinary business transactions. The plaintiff’s half brother, a man of means, in 1006 deeded the plaintiff a half interest in the 40 acres involved, with the evident intention of providing for this half…